Honors Latin 1121H: Honors Latin II

Required Texts:

LaFleur, Ed. Wheelock=s Latin, 5th Edition

C. Workbook for Wheelock=s Latin

Aurelius, Meditations

Juvenal, Satires

Tacitus, Annals of Imperial Rome

Electronic Sources:

Juvenal, Satires (Latin): http://patriot.net/~lillard/cp/juvenal.html

Latin Home Page: http://latin.gal.ohio-state.edu/

Latin Resources: http://www.wcupa.edu/library.fhg/internet/recommnd/Latin.htm

Latin Study Guide: http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/tchmat.html

Latin Texts Online: http://www.oberlin.edu/~jyazbek/latin/texts/onlintxt.html

Perseus Project: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

Tacitus, Annales (Latin): http://www.fotomr.uni-marburg.de/ovidserv/Text/chp/tac.html

 

 

Week Activities

1 Review of Conjugations, Declensions, Grammar, Vocabulary from Latin I.

Wheelock, Ch. 20: Fourth Declension, fructus, fructus, m. >fruit,= cornus, cornu, n., >horn.= Ablatives of Place From Which: Graeci ~ patri~ su~ ad Italiam navigaverunt; Flumen de montibus in mare fluxit; Ablative of separation: Cicero hostes ab urbe prhoibuit; Eos timore liberavit. Vocabulary, grammar, reading and translation. Workbook, Ch. 20. Wheelock, Ch. 21 Third and Fourth Conjugations: Passive Voice of the Present System: ducor, audior, capior; future and imperfect forms:ducar, audiar, capiar; imperfect forms, ducebar, audibar, capiebar. Present infinitive passive: audireBaudiri, ducereBduci, capereBcapi.

Workbook, Ch. 21. Tacitus, Book I.

2 Quiz, grammar, vocabulary, conjugation, translation. Wheelock, Ch. 21 review of present, future, imperfect passive indicative forms, vocabulary. Wheelock, Ch. 22: Fifth Declension, res, rei, f. >thing,= dies diei, m. >day=; Ablative of Place where: In magn~ cas~ vivunt; Navis sub aqu~ fuit. Summary of ablative forms: the ablative with prepositions: cum, in, sub, ab,d, ex. Vocabulary, exercises, reading, translation, grammar. Workbook, Ch. 22.

Tacitus, Book II.

3 Tacitus, Books III-IV. Wheelock, Ch. 23: Participles: active: present agens, agaentis, >doing,=; future, acturus, -a,-um, >about to do,= >going to do=; passive: perfect, actus, >a,=um, >done,= >having been done=; future, agendus,-a,-um, >to be done=; >deserving or fit to be done=. Declension of participles: agens, agentis. Wookbook, Ch. 23. Wheelock, Ch. 24: Ablative Absolute: His rebus auditis, coepit timre. Passive Periphrastic Conjugation: Gerundive + Sum: haec femina laudanda est. Dative of Agent with Passive Periphrastic: Hic liber mihi cum cur~ legendus erit. Vocabulary, exercises, reading, tranaslation, grammar, review.

4 Quiz, grammar, vocabulary, participles, ablatives, passive periphrastic constructions. Wheelock, Ch. 25: Infinitives: Active present, agere, perfect, egisse, future, acturus -a,-um esse; Passive present, agi, perfect, actus, -a,-um,esse; future, actum iri. Infinitive in Indirect Discourse with Accusative subject: Magister dicit Iuliam esse discipulam bonam. Infinitive tenses in Indirect Statment: Dicunt eum iuv~re eam, . . . eum iuvisse eam . . .eum iuturum esse eam, etc. Vocabulary, grammar, reading, translation, exercises, review. Workbook, Ch. 25. Wheelock, Ch. 26: Comparison of Adjectives: carus,-a,-um, carior, -ius, carissimus, -a,-um etc. Declension of comparatives: fortior, fortioris etc. Alblative of Comparison: Consilia tu sunt clariora luce. Vocabulary, exercises, grammar, reading, translation, review. Workbook, Ch. 26. Tacitus, Books V-VI.

5 Wheelock, Ch. 27: Special and Irregular Comparison of Adjectives: faculis,-e, facilior, -ius, facillimus, -a,-um etc. Review of conjugations, declensions, grammar, vocabulary. TEST I. Tacitus, Book IX.

Wheelock, Ch. 28: Subjunctive Mood: present subjunctive: laudem, moneam, ducam, audiam, capiam etc. Subjunctive clauses: jussive subjunctive: Discipulus discat aut discedat! Purpose Clauses: Hoc dicit ut eos iuvet. Discedit n id audiat. Vocabular, exercises, reading, translation, grammar. Workbook, Ch. 28.

6 Tacitus, Books XI-XII. Review of subjunctive forms and uses. Quiz on the subjunctive. Wheelock. Ch. 29: Imperfect Subjunctive, active and passive: laud~rem, laudarer, monrem, monerer, ducerem, ducerer, audirem, audirer, caperem, caperer. Present and Imperfect Subjunctive of Sum and Possum: sim, possim, essem, possem etc. Result clauses: ut + the subjunctive: Tanta fecit ut urbem servaret. Vocabulary, exercises, reading, translation, review. Workbook, Ch. 29. Wheelock, Ch. 30: Perfect Subjunctive active: laudaverim, monuerim, duxerim, audiverim, ceperim; perfect passive: laudatus sim, minitus sim, ductus sim, auditus sim, captus sim; Pluperfect Subjunctive active: laudavissem, monuissem, duxissem, audivissem, cepissem; passive, laudatus essem, monitus essem, ductus essem, auditus essem, captus essem. The Subjunctive in Indirect Question: Quid Gaius Facit? Rogant quid Gaius faciat. Vocabulary, grammar, reading, translation. Workbook, Ch. 30.

7 Tacitus, Books XIII. XIV. Review of subjunctive forms: Quiz on subjunctive forms and functions. Wheelock, Ch. 30, Sequence of Tenses: PrimaryBMain verb in Present or Future, Subordinate Subjunctive in Present = action at same time or after, in Perfect = action before; HistoricalBMain verb in Past Tenses, Subordinate Subjunctive in Imperfect = action at same time or after, Pluperfect = action before. Vocabulary, grammar, reading, review. Wheelock, Ch. 31: Cum Clauses: cum as conjunction meaning when, since, although introducing an indicative clause: Cum eum videbis, eum cognosces; or a subjunctive clause: Cum hoc sciret, potuit eos iuvaret. Irregular verb: Fero, ferr, tuli, latum, >to bear,= >carry.= Vocabulary, grammar, reading, translation, review. Workbook, Ch. 31.

8 Quiz on Subjunctive forms and functions. Tacitus, Books, XV-XVI. Review. Wheelock, Ch. 32: Formation and Comparison of Adverbs: long, longissimus, longissim; liber, liberius, liberrim; pulchr, pulchrius, pulcherrim; Third Declension adverbs with -iter endings: fortiter, fortius, fortissim, etc. Irregular Verg: Volo, velle, volui, >to wish=: volo, vis, vult, etc. Nolo, nolle, nolui (ne + volo), >not to wish,= >to be unwilling,= malo, malle, malui (magis + volo) >to want something more or instead=. Nolo in Negative Commands: Noli manere, Amice, Nolite discedere, amici mei! Proviso clauses: Subjunctive + dummodo >provided that= or >so long as=: Non timebo, dummodo h§ c remaneas. Vocabulary, grammar, reading, translation, review. Workbook, Ch. 32. Wheelock, Ch. 33: ; Conditions: Wheelock, Ch. 33: Indicative Conditions: Indicative Conditions: Simple fact present, present indicative in both clauses: Si id facit, prudens est: >If he is doing this, he is wise=; Simple fact past: Si id fecit, prudens fuit: >If he did this, he was wise=; Simple fact future: Si id faciet, prudens erit: >If he does (will do) this, he will be wise. Subjunctive conditions: Contrary to fact, present: Si id faceret, prudens esset: >If he were doing this, he would be wise= (imperfect subjunctive in both clauses) ; Contrary to fact, past: Si id fecisset, prudens fuisset: >if he had done this, he would be wise= (pluperfect subjunctive in both clauses) ; Future less vivid or >should, would=: Si id faciat, prudens sit: >If he should do this, he would be wise= (present subjunctive in both clauses). Vocabulary, grammar, reading, translation, review. Workbook, Ch. 33.

9 TEST II. Wheelock Ch. 34: Deponent Verbs: verbs with passive forms but essentially active meanings: hortor, hortari, hortatus sum, >I urge, to urge, I have urged=; fateor, fateri, fassus sum: >I confess, to confess, I have confessed=; sequor, sequi, secutus sum: > I follow, to follow, I have followed=; molior, moliri, molitus sum: >I work at, to work at, I have worked at=; patior, pati, passus sum: >I suffer, to suffer, I have suffered=. Learn all indicative and subjunctive forms of deponent verbs: vocabulary, practice and review. Ablative with special deponents: utor, uti, usus sum: >use= Utitur stilo >He=s using a pencil.= fruor >enjoy= fungor, >perform,= potior, >possess,= vescor, >eat.= Vocabulary, grammar, reading, translation, review. Workbook, Ch. 34.

10 Review of Test II. Juvenal, Satires, I-VIII Wheelock, Ch. 35: Dative with Adjectives: Mors es similis somno, etc. Dative with Special Verbs: credo tibi, impero militibus, etc. Dative with compound verbs: Obsequor ei. Praeposui eum exercitui. Etc. Vocabulary, grammar, exercises, reading, translation. Workbook, Ch. 35. Wheelock, Ch. 36: Jussive noun clauses (indirect command): Hoc facite! versus Hoc faciant. Imperavit vobis ut hoc faceretis. Etc. Irregular verb: fio, fieri, factus sum: >to occur,= >happen,= >be done,= >be made.= Vocabulary, grammar, reading, translation, exercises. Workbook, Ch. 36.

11 Quiz, deponent verbs, verbs with ablative, dative, jussive noun clauses. Juvenal, Satires, VIII-XVI. Wheelock, Ch. 37. Conjugation of EÇ, § re, i§, itum, >to go=. Constructions of Place: place where: in or sub + ablative; to which: in, ad, or sub + accusative; from which: ab, d, or ex + ablative. With names of cities, towns, small islands as with the three nouns domus, domus (-i) f. >home,= humus, humi f. >ground=, >earth,= and rus, ruris n. >country,= >countryside,= no prepositions are usually applied: locative for place where: locative = genitive ending without preposition in nouns of first and second declension singular; otherwise it generally = the ablative ending. Visus est Romae, Athenis, et Carthagine; place to which: accusative without preposition: Ibit Romam, Athenas, et Carthaginem; place from which: ablative without preposition: Iit Rom~, Athenis, et Carthagine. Irregular declension of domus: locative, domi >at home, accusative domum >to home=, ablative domo >from home=. Locative of humus: humi >on the ground= ; locative or rus, ruri or rure: >in the country.= Temporal constuctions: Review ablative of time when or within which (Ch. 15). Accusative of duration of time without preposition: Multos annos vixit; Paucas horas domi manebit. Vocabulary, grammar, exercises, reading, translation. Workbook, Ch. 37.

12 Aurelius, Meditaions, Books I-VI. Wheelock, Ch. 38: Relative Clauses of Characteristic: describing an antecedent of general, indefinite, interrogative or negative quality: Hic est discipulus qui Latinam amet, >Here is a student who would love Latin=; Quis est qui huic credat? Nemo erat qui hoc sciret. Sunt qui hoc faciant. Dative of Reference or Interest: dative case indicating a person or thing to whom a statement refers, to whom it is of interest, or from whose perspective it is true: Si quis metuens vivet, liber mihi non erit umquam. >If anyone live in free, he will never be free, as far as I=m concerned.= Etc. Supines: >defective fourth declension verbal noun formed from stem of perfect passive participle, in the accusative or ablative singular: laudatum, laudatu; monitum, monitu, ductum, ductu, auditum, auditu, captum, captu. Ablative supines: mirabile dictu, >marvellous to say=; facile factu, >easy to do=; Ibant Romam rogatum pecuniam, >They were going to Rome to ask for money.= Etc. Vocabulary, exercises, grammar, reading and translation. Workbook, Ch. 38. Wheelock, Ch. 39: Gerund and Gerundive: Verbal Noun and Verbal Adjective: Gerunds only occur in the neuter singular of the genitive, dative, accusative and ablative cases: they are translated as >ing= nouns: Magnum amorem legendi habet, >He has a great love of reading.= Declension of gerunds: laudandi, laudando, laudandum, ducendi . . . sequendi . . . audiendi . . . . Gerundive: liber legendus >a book to be read= >a book worth reading=; Gerund: amor legendi, >love of reading= or amor legendi libros, >love of reading books.= Vocabulary, grammar, exercises, reading and translation. Workbook, Ch. 39.

13 Aurelius, Meditations, VII-XII. Wheelock, Ch. 40: -Ne, Num, and NÇnne in Direct Questions: Venitne? >Is he coming=? NÇnne venit? >He is coming, isn=t he?= >Isn=t he coming?= anticipating a >yes= in reply. Num venit? >He isn=t coming, is he? anticipating a >no= in reply. Fear Clauses: verbs of fearing + subjunctive noun clauses introduced by ne >that= or ut >that not=. Timeo ne id credant, >I fear that they will believe this.= Metuo ut id credant, >I fear that they will not believe this.= Genitive and Ablative of Description: genitive noun plus adjective or ablative noun plus adjective used to describe another noun: femina magnae sapientiae, >a woman of great wisdom=; pax in hominibus bonae voluntatis >peace in men of good will.= Vocabulary, exercises, reading, translation. Workbook, Ch. 40. Review for Final Exam. FINAL EXAM, DURING LAST CLASS SESSION.